Pup Biru

meanwhile if my US friends come to australia and try to tip i will angrily tell them where to shove it

tipping is a fucking scourge

mate, i’m from australia and yall have no idea what distance means… we still have no need for your bullshit tank tanks

yeah that doesn’t exist in australia either… those trailers probably came after the truck: there’s no need… transport 1-2 horses or rent a commercial company to transport them… nobody is transporting horses that often they need that stupid ass truck to be produced at commercial volumes

the upsetting part is that the body would fit under and the windscreen and above - the fragile parts - would get hit by the bulk of the truck… cars are made to crumple on their noses etc - nasty gore scenes ensue

in australia, i make sure to kick and dent every yank tank i see parked. its not often - we have more of the smaller pickups (though we call them utes)

The first people pay the the roads so everyone can use it

if we reset road costs from right now, the people using the roads have got a lot for free from general taxation… i think it’s fair that their current payment - rego, fuel excise, etc - covers both maintenance and investment… the original investment has already been paid many times over by other people

The first people pay the the roads so everyone can use it

roads exist… i think everyone here isn’t arguing for reparations, just “for the future”

if you a want the fire truck to get to your burning house doing 50mph you need to help with roads

okay but that’s the beauty of currency: the fire department pays for roads like everyone else, and that means the fire department budget gets increased, and probably taxes to match (though overall eliminating taxes to cover roads would probably come out in the wash mostly)… i don’t think anyone here is against paying a bit to ensure emergency services can fulfil their mission, but paying for roads is an indirect way of doing that

what if there’s a cheaper way of providing emergency services? in the case where we are subsidising roads, we’re artificially saying almost that the fire department must use them… to do anything else would be a cost, where roads are free… the fire department like anyone else should pay for their costs, and find the most efficient solutions

Again I’m asking for common sense.

no, you’re asking for status quo… if you took all the money allocated to roads and either gave tax cuts (which would mostly get gobbled up by increases in goods to cover the cost of transport), or redirect to emergency services (which would go toward paying for roads that they use), then people have the choice to buy goods and services that don’t use roads rather than artificially making roads the cheap option

the ROI of public transport is difficult to quantify though… things like social mobility, etc… we shouldn’t be thinking about public transport in terms of ROI - its quality of life improvement for the entire city

i’d tape a screw driver to the battery… the tiny drivers you’d need for modern phones could be tiny: look at the sim ejectors… that, but as a screw driver

they - a self proclaimed introvert - wouldn’t use a service for talking to people, thus everyone - mostly extroverts - shouldn’t get to use it

yup solid logic there

Genocide Joe

You are blaming me, a random internet commentor, for the actions taken by some of the most powerful people on earth who would laugh at me telling them to do something

the world is not black and white. there is not a single person or group to blame. biden is to blame for his support of israel, kamala is to blame for her silence, the DNC is to blame for constantly shifting right, RNC/trump/etc OBVIOUSLY to blame, and people screaming “genocide joe” over every debate about everything are ALSO to blame

you let a single (important, awful) issue, THAT TRUMP WAS ALSO OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE WORSE ON make you a mouthpiece for right wing propaganda

i wonder how many people didn’t vote because of that bullshit line? hmm? you think you’re not to blame? you’re not the ONLY one who is to blame

Remind me why we allowed this much consolidation of the industry?

because telecom is somewhat of a natural monopoly (cables for sure; wireless less so, but for wireless you still need cables and spectrum)

just because someone waves a pride flag does not mean that they are there to protest for LGBTQ rights

and this is the key point i think: it would be incredibly easy to transition to this system, because the easy way is simply allowing people to pay extra for a “street parking” version that’s essentially paying extra for road maintenance to “rent” the street spot… nothing changes except there are no externalities, and there’s control over the situation: over time you can disincentivise street parking and eventually drive it down to acceptable levels

i just kinda assumed it looks a bit like austria and they’re making a joke

as an aussie i’d probably get about the same as this, but i too for some reason am confident in knowing the names of east coast states

yeah! just the topic at hand! you’re not allowed to feel angry about a specific way in which it has personally harmed you! only the things i care about are valid!

you can buy a house for cash every 3 years in the UK from that much money

yeah every 3 years is too much!

… well, tax so

every 5 years then!

… oh right rent he’d pay in the interim

fine every 7 years!

… ahhhh food costs money too!

okay okay every 8 years!

… i guess people do tend to pay bills

every 9 years!

… it’s not reasonable to be a shut in for those 6 years and being social costs money

every 10 years!

that’s it guys! can’t call out people for their negative characteristics any more! positive only from now on! and if you don’t comply you’re ableist! got it? wait… now… is ableist negative? SHIT GUYS SHIT

a helicopter crash in a populated area has a high likelihood of collateral damage